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$J.K. Rowling poses for the media at the world premiere of the film \Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald\ in Paris. (AP File)$ Opinion

Kishwar Desai | Nigel Farage gets uncancelled'; no such hope for J.K....

If the cancel culture becomes a global movement then one wonders if, one day soon, her books can be even be published...

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

While Indias growth performance may not as yet warrant a ratings downgrade, political risk is not only about assessing the economic consequences of politics. It is also about the impact of politics on the standards of governance . (Image: ADB)

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Sanjaya Baru | Too Many Tughlaqs': Why India's risk factor is rising

Peace and security, as that old adage goes, are indivisible

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

The BJPs outreach initiatives will also include public rallies to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi covering Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP. (Photo: PTI)

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Anita Katyal | Will no-trust bid give PM boost? Tharoor stirs the pot...

This timing will allow Mr Modi to set the political narrative and end the session in a blaze of glory.

6 Aug 2023 12:15 AM IST

Amid prices of tomatoes and spices hitting the roof, onion prices are set to surge in September. (Representational Photo: PTI)

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Sriram Karri | Tomatoes are not onions. Period!

Recent prime time discussion between Onion and Tomato got a bit out of hand.

6 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. (Photo:PTI)

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Pavan K Varma | The nationalist's economic argument against hate

A fundamental difference of opinion between RSS that has a long-term Hindutva agenda & BJP seeking immediate short-term...

6 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (DC Photo)

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Beijing's wolf warriors' in fresh games: Watch...

Mr Jaishankar, in Jakarta, made it clear that till there was peace and tranquility at the border, there couldn't be...

5 Aug 2023 12:46 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (AP File Photo)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Does Sunak have no fashion senseor is he simply...

Now Derek Guy, a men's fashion expert, contends in The Times that Hedgie's fashion sense is stuck in the year 2000.

5 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

The violence spreads out of Nuh, into Sona, Palwal and Gurgaon. (PTI Photo)

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Look within, hate now spreading like...

Mr Modi can never go to the people on basis of his government's economic and political achievements.

4 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Farmers sort tomatoes near a field before being be transported to other cities, during the nationwide lockdown imposed in wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Murbad Taluka in Thane. PTI photo

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Tomatoes and turbulence: Indians face harder...

For context, in 2021, 418 million Asians experienced extreme hunger, indicating a rise from the previous year.

3 Aug 2023 12:35 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Buzz in Bengal on ex-CBI man as Mamata's security...

Some critics, however, view Mr Dutta's appointment with scepticism.

3 Aug 2023 12:02 AM IST

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified that there is no instruction from the Centre to make Hindi learning compulsory. (DC)

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Inter-faith unions still a threat' in Digital...

Himanta Biswa Sarma, warned Assamese youths not to cross the lakhsman rekha by marrying girls from another faith.

2 Aug 2023 12:32 AM IST

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Saeed Naqvi | Looking back at Mandela's role as world changed, Cold...

In the struggle of common purpose, progressive ideologically motivated youth had miraculously outgrown their religious...

2 Aug 2023 12:23 AM IST